Rock Chicks Take On Page & Plant as "Lez Zeppelin"

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Four women rockers who took on the music of Led Zeppelin are driving club audiences to a frenzy and, offstage, whipping up speculation over their sexual tastes with the name of the band: Lez Zeppelin.

"We have sort of a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy," says Steph Paynes, lead guitar player and the "Jimmy Page" of the group. "It's better to keep it all a mystery, and in the end it really doesn't matter. What matters is the music."

The New York-based quartet came together almost three years ago with the express purpose of covering songs by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Led Zeppelin.

They're among a small but growing number of all-female tribute bands Spin Magazine recently referred to as "Chicks with Picks," and include the playfully dubbed AC/DShe, Cheap Chick and The Ramonas.

There's also a female version of Rush. They're called, "Rush."

They don't seem to be lesbians, alas. They're just following the trend of these bands giving themselves names with some version of "chick" or "she" in the name.

Thanks to cthulhu.

posted by Ace at 01:39 AM

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